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Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries + The RH Factor

Thursday Night Jazz: Roger Humphries + The RH Factor

Jazz Legacy Fellow and Pittsburgh legend Roger Humphries takes to the stage with the RH Factor for a collaborative, community-driven performance highlighting the true spirit of jazz ...
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LitFest 2025: Black Womanhood in Pittsburgh with Yona Harvey & Tahirah J. Walker

LitFest 2025: Black Womanhood in Pittsburgh with Yona Harvey & Tahirah J. Walker

Poet Yona Harvey and scholar Tahira J. Walker explore what it means to be a Black woman living in a city deemed most unlivable for them. The pair will discuss their respective works and the intersection of history, community, marginalization, ...
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LitFest 2025: Books From My Country You Should Know with Olena Boryshpolets (Ukraine), Bertony Louis (Haiti), Anouar Rahmani (Algeria) & Mukhtar Shehata (Egypt)

LitFest 2025: Books From My Country You Should Know with Olena Boryshpolets (Ukraine), Bertony Louis (Haiti), Anouar Rahmani (Algeria) & Mukhtar Shehata (Egypt)

What are we missing when we limit the literary canon to American works? In this reading and discussion, City of Asylum Writers-in-Residence share the books and writers from their home countries—Algeria, Egypt, Haiti, and Ukraine—that made an impact on their ...
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LitFest 2025: Trans/Nonbinary Ecopoetics in the Garden with Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Aaron El Sabrout & imogen xtian smith

LitFest 2025: Trans/Nonbinary Ecopoetics in the Garden with Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Aaron El Sabrout & imogen xtian smith

Poets Aaron El Sabrout, imogen xtian smith, and Julian Talamantez Brolaski take to the Alphabet Reading Garden for a poetic exploration of trans and nonbinary ecologies and understanding one’s own ecosystems ...
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LitFest 2025: Translation Slam (Ukrainian) with Author Volodymyr Rafeyenko & Translators Mark Andryczyk, Dominique Hoffman & Halyna Hryn

LitFest 2025: Translation Slam (Ukrainian) with Author Volodymyr Rafeyenko & Translators Mark Andryczyk, Dominique Hoffman & Halyna Hryn

Writer-in-Residence Volodymyr Rafeyenko has supplied a 600-word essay in Ukrainian to be translated by Mark Andryczyk, Dominique Hoffman, and Halyna Hryn. In this program, Mark, Dominique, and Halyna go head-to-head to defend their revealed translations. Who will come out on ...
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  • June 2021
  • Tue 29
    June 29, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

    This Little Light. Presented by The Sabira Cole Film Festival

    Sampsonia Way Tent 318 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, United States
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    *Please note there are two ways to view this film: screened in person at the Sampsonia Way Tent or live-streamed online via City of Asylum @ Home. Both options are free but advanced registration is required. To join us at the tent, click "Attend in-person" above To tune-in from home, click "Watch online" above About... more →

  • August 2021
  • Wed 25
    August 25, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

    TROPICAL MALADY Film Screening Presented by ReelQ

    Sampsonia Way Tent 318 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, United States
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    Join us for the regional premier and unreleased screening of “TROPICAL MALADY,” a film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, hosted by ReelQ. This program includes an exclusive interview with the film’s directors and some of the subjects involved in the making of the film. Film synopsis: ‘Winner of the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film... more →

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  • October 2021
  • Thu 28
    October 28, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

    Creating Make A Joyful Noize Presented by The Black Transformative Arts Network

    Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    Free Online TicketsFree In-Person Tickets

    BTAN presents a screening of the documentary film "Make a Joyful Noize," + virtual artist talkback. Join us as we journey through the healing power of joy and centering Black art and artists. Free and family friendly event!

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  • November 2021
  • Thu 18
    November 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

    Antibias Education and Beyond: Film Screening and Panel Discussion

    City of Asylum @ Home
    Free Online Tickets

    Join P.R.I.D.E (Positive Racial Identity Development In Early Education) for a documentary screening of Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years and discussion with the filmmakers. 

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  • January 2022
  • Wed 26
    January 26, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST

    Fire Song Presented by ReelQ Film Series

    City of Asylum @ Home
    Free Online Tickets

    Screening and live discussion with director Adam Garnet Jones.
    WINNER Audience Choice Award @ ImagineNative Film & Media Arts Festival WINNER Best Feature Narrative @ Reelout Queer Film & Video Festival 

  • February 2022
  • Wed 16
    February 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

    Margarita Presented by Reel Q Film Festival

    City of Asylum @ Home
    Free Online Tickets

    Margarita is a charming film and is the latest feature from lesbian co-directors Laurie Colbert and Dominique Cardona who brought us the 2007 drama Finn’s Girl.

    Thu 24
    February 24, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST

    Black Orpheus screening Presented by Sabira Cole Film Festival & JouvayFest Collective

    City of Asylum @ Home
    Free Online Tickets

    Winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus (1959) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. 

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